AddressOn behalf of our client in Victoria, we are seeking a senior Mental Health Clinician to join the Adult/Community Mental Health team based in the Gippsland Region. Conducting assessments, performing urgent acute clinical assessment and routine assessments, working with consumers in safety planning and delivering high-quality, evidence-based holistic treatment within a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive framework.
· 3-month casual contract with potential for extension
· Excellent casual rates offered
· Free accommodation and travel allowance provided
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct assessments in a timely manner as determined by risk, urgency, distress, dysfunction and disability per the National Mental Health Triage Scale
- Perform; urgent acute clinical assessment and routine assessment, working with consumers and carers in safety planning
- Promoting and delivering high-quality, evidence-based holistic treatment within a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive framework
- Completion of all intake and assessment documents and where services continue completion of recovery documents
- Use current evidence-based practice and interventions
- Collaborate with community organisations to meet identified needs
- Monitor the consumer's physical/medical state as appropriate and indicated, promoting associated treatments in conjunction with their mental state
- Provide pharmacological/psycho-education specific to the consumer's identified needs
- Provide direct clinical work including individual, group or family work
- Undertake regular reviews and discharge planning in collaboration with the consumer, carers, significant others and multi-disciplinary team
- Use the clinical record set up to allow assessment and care planning and delivery to be tracked, monitored and evaluated
About You
- Completed degree in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the AASW
- Minimum 2 years post registration experience in relevant Mental Health field
- Sound and contemporary clinical skills
- Competent at performing a comprehensive risk assessment and crisis management
- Possess an understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice
- Well developed time-management practices and ability to work independently
- Capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team structure
- Current driver's licence
Salary
- Excellent casual rates paying up to $65-70 p/h plus super (based on experience)
If this sounds like something of interest please get in touch: Ross Jenkins | Executive Consultant, Social Care Team.
You can simply 'Apply Now' or Email: Your CV to ************@cmr.com.au / Call: 0734975***
